A young man from New York was arrested by authorities after reporting a robbery in the secret laboratory where he manufactured methamphetamine "in the style of the famous series Breaking Bad," Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. explained in a statement on Friday. Tierney.
Matthew Leshinsky, 23, called authorities during the early hours of June 7, 2023 to report the assault at the Quantitative Laboratories facilities in Ronkonkoma, New York, where agents found broken glass at the entrance
and a clandestine laboratory .
Matthew Leshinsky.Suffolk County District Attorney.
The prosecutor indicated that Leshinsky manufactured methamphetamine and other illicit drugs in the laboratory, such as a hallucinogen called dimethyltryptamine (DMT) "and tried to hide everything under the guise of a legitimate business" before he "inadvertently" turned himself in to authorities after reporting the robbery.
Agents also found more than 100 items of laboratory equipment,
chemical solvent reagents to produce the drugs
, about $40,000 in cash, an unspecified amount of ecstasy and more than 625,000 milligrams of pure ketamine.
In addition, Tierney stated that the uniformed officers also found about two dozen gallons containing a drug similar to gamma hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), known as “the rape drug.”
Last Thursday, February 15, 2024, Leshinsky pleaded guilty to nine charges, including the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine.
In addition, he agreed to be guilty of several more crimes for criminal possession of a controlled substance and will have to appear before the state Supreme Court on March 20.
Tierney thanked all authorities involved in the case.
“They took deadly drugs off the streets of Suffolk County.”